A dedicated member of the Michigan entrepreneurial and investor community, Taft Law (formerly Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss) assists entrepreneurs, startup companies and growing businesses in all areas of formation, development and funding, and complex business transactions. A multidisciplinary team of Taft lawyers can provide venture firms and their portfolio companies with assistance in entity selection and formation, commercial agreements, intellectual property, employee benefits and compensation, corporate law and governance, finance, venture capital and private equity, private and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and tax planning, among others. Its cross-disciplinary teams provide substantial value when advising a startup or emerging growth business and planning for its growth.